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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
World
George Chidi

Chatter and fear about US military draft emerge as Trump’s Iran war drags on

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Members of the US military are seen at Charlotte Motor Speedway on 28 May 2017 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Photograph: Sarah Crabill/Getty Images

The United States is almost certainly not going to have a military draft to fight Iran. That hasn’t stopped the chatter, and anxiety, across the country.

In recent weeks, Donald Trump has ordered a number of marines and army paratroopers to head to the Middle East, gesturing toward a possible ground war to reopen the strait of Hormuz or secure nuclear weapons material. The provocative military activity has led to speculative conversation about what it would take to invade a country twice the population and three times the territory of Iraq.

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